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An afoveate area centralis in the chick retina
Author(s) -
Morris Valerie B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.902100210
Subject(s) - retina , biology , anatomy , dorsum , advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer , optic disc , retinal , neuroscience , satellite , physics , botany , astronomy
Abstract A specialization has been found in the nasal retina of late embryonic and newly hatched chicks of the domestic fowl. In whole mounts of the retina, there is a central node about 2 mm from the dorsal end of the optic disc and a set of structures radiating out from this node. This complex has been named the aster. sections of the retina show that the structures which form the aster lie in the inner nuclear layer. The specialization has been classed as an afoveate area centralis.